UTHSC CCTS

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UTHSC CCTS

• Community for OCE is defined as the
  academic, health, and the lay communities in the
  Houston Metropolitan area and Lower Rio Grande
  Valley of Texas
• Institutional
• The University of Texas Health Science Center
• Houston
• Brownsville
• The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
  Center
• Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Community
  Peers)
• Advocacy Groups
• Community Advisory Board
• Lay Community
• Spring Branch and Aldine Independent School
  Districts
• Greater Houston and Lower Rio Grande Valley
  communities

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CCTS Milestones

• Specific Aim 1.
• Identify change agents, opinion leaders, and
  adopter categories
• Identify existing and potential organizational
  and community resources
• Identify translational research needs among
  stakeholders
• Specific Aim 2.
• Develop an advisory board to guide the
  translational research process
• Develop and pilot test tailored educational and
  media strategies
• Ensure information exchange between the Houston
  Community Advisory Board and the EXPORT UTSPH
  Brownsville advisory board.
• Specific Aim 3
• Document implementation of proposed
  infrastructure
• Document intermediate and long-term outcomes
  among advisory group partners
• Document intermediate and long-term outcomes
  among Texas Medical Center and LRGV health
  professionals

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CCTS Progress to Date

• Submission of application for Gulf Coast Clinical
  Research Associates Program CTSA National and
  Clinical Research Associates Pilot Program
• Planning with opinion leaders and change agents
  in Spring Branch Independent School District
• Community Outreach
• Science Education
• Health and Physical Education
• Community Education Activities
• Teacher trainings (Houston and LRGV with SEPA)
• LRGV media campaign (with EXPORT)

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